Conversion UK Gallons - Cubic Metres

The UK gallon and the cubic metre are both important units of volume that are used in packaging and trade. They are considered to be larger measurements, used more commonly when selling larger quantities of liquids. It is more common to find the UK gallon used for industrial products while cubic metres can be found to measure more everyday products. Try out our gallons to metres cubed calculator for conversions, or view the rest of our volume converters.

How to use the Converter from UK Gallons to Cubic Metres?

Above you will see the box used for the UK gallon to cubic metre conversion where you should input a quantity of UK gallons and click “convert” for the equivalent amount to appear in cubic metres. For the opposite conversion, go to convert cubic metres to UK gallons.

Formula to Convert UK Gal – M³

We have provided the mathematical equation to convert UK gallons to cubic metres for your use should you need it or wish to do the calculation by hand. For example, 17 UK gal = 0.077 m³ and 72 UK gal = 0.327 m³

[number of] UK gallons / 219.969 = [number of] cubic metres

Uses for UK Gallons

Most commonly used in the UK and Ireland, the UK gallon is also widely frequent in the rest of the world, except in the United States where the US gallon is preferred. In advertising, product labelling and many other everyday situations, we use the UK gallon as a measurement of volume. The gallon is a unit found in measuring quantities of fuel. View our UK gal to m³ converter above.

Uses for Cubic Metres

Products such as water and wood are commonly measured in cubic metres for trading purposes as they are usually sold in large quantities. One metre cubed of concrete represents the world annual production of concrete per inhabitant. The cubic metre can be subdivided into the cubic centimetre and cubic millimetre as well as being multiplied into the cubic decametre. Above is our UK gallon – cubic metre calculator.